Computer rooms, classrooms, meeting areas, a quiet room and more, are adding to the mission of Black Lives Matter Lake County as Executive Director Clyde McLemore has created a resource center on Waukegan’s south side to help people develop skills and find help.

McLemore renovated an office building, which was once a horse stable, into a resource center where people can learn to navigate the internet on a computer, develop skills in a trade or earn other talents to lead to a more prosperous life.

Starting Black Lives Matter Lake County out of his home in 2015, McLemore has not abandoned the political purposes that motivated him to bring the organization to the area. He helped open an office in Joliet, needing one more to make Illinois an official chapter of the organization.

“We want to

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